Calluses are one of nature’s ways of protecting our bodies, especially when occurring on the hands and feet. So how can something that is inherently protective, represent impending danger? Simply stated, calluses are a build-up of skin, typically over a bony prominence where repetitive, minor trauma has occurred over time. Athletes, manual laborers, guitar players, dancers, or anyone who uses…
Non-healing foot ulcers have a 5-year mortality rate of approximately 48%. This means that someone with a foot ulcer that does not heal in a timely fashion, has a roughly 50% chance of being dead within 5 years. PAD (peripheral arterial disease) has a 64% rate. In comparison, breast cancer and Hodgkins lymphoma have approximately 12% mortality rates, prostate cancer…
Sometimes the simplest things in life create tremendous pleasure. Time spent with loved ones, a day at the beach or a hike along a beautiful mountain trail. A slice of pizza, a warm bath or at the least, a relaxing foot bath. The benefits of therapeutic foot bath can be as much physiological as psychological, and well being is the…
If you are one of the approximately 30 million people in the United States with diabetes, then hopefully you are aware of the term “diabetic foot ulcer”. Why do diabetics often develop ulcers, which are non-healing wounds on their feet? Once present, will these wounds result in amputation? First, some staggering statistics that reveal how vast this problem is, and…
Although not widely used among the medical community, hearing the term “bed sore” conjures up images and concerns often associated with incapacitation. To the public, bed sores or pressure ulcers may represent what can happen when excessive pressure near a bony prominence and the inability of an individual to move or shift in bed, results in an open wound. Pressure…
